Fire at the Sosua’s branch of Banco Popular

PUERTO PLATA on Monday all operations at the Sosua’s branch of Banco Popular Dominicano remain suspended, after Thursday night there was a fire inside the bank.

A fire brigade immediately attended the place. According to the news media, the fire could have been a short circuit generated in the battery bank located inside the bank branch and not activated automatic fire safety system.

Preliminarily, the quartermaster general of the Fire Department of Sosua; Oscar Luis Gomez Salazar (Lupi), said that “no major damage, just the area with batteries affected.”

The various authorities of the Public Ministry and the National Police are conducting a thorough investigation to determine officially the cause of what had happened.